Nintendo Wii U - Обсуждение - 4PDA

So by way of anecdotal sources it seems that Nintendo may be recalling/buying back all unsold Wii U's from stores.

I took a look and this seems true enough to me. I just did a search of Target, Walmart, Gamestop, and Best Buy's websites. Walmart doesn't even list the console for sale from themselves anymore (only 3rd party sellers who are listing it well above MSRP); Target, Best Buy, and Gamestop aren't allowing you to buy the console online. I checked local inventories and no store within 250 miles of me (southeast PA) has it in stock.

This seems like a crazy unprecedented move. I wonder if Nintendo is trying to preserve customer good will by not allowing people to buy into a soon to be dead system with their holiday cash, while at the same time generating demand for the Switch.

The only other possibility I can think of is that they had some limited time technology licensing deal that ran out and rather than renew the license, they're just pulling the system. Similar to how games with music licenses that run out get pulled from download stores.

I can't believe the system never saw a price drop during it's lifespan. I really wanted a Wii U for Bayonetta and Wind Waker HD, but I couldn't justify the price for 2 games and I'm a bit anal about not getting refurbed electronics. Guess I'm just never going to play those now :(

Reboxing: The Wii U

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01.04.2018 Степан:There are no boxes to be found in SHUT THE BOX. Does the whole game take place within a box? Is the Wii U "the box"? Why do we need to shut it?

13.02.2018 Аполлон:Once you open up a Wii U box, you'll find a bunch of stuff inside. Namely, all of this, as Nintendo seeks to crush the practice of unboxing by doing it for us, months before the product is even released.

07.02.2018 Еремей:I searched a couple big box places from Canada and they were all out of Wii Us, just like you said. @sweetz: If Zelda BOTW is really coming out for the Wii U, then it would make sense for Nintendo to possibly pull remaining systems from the store shelves.